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Manmohan was additionally silent when MP tickets got to Sajjan and Tytler, the BJP chief stated

A Sikh physique requested the neighborhood to boycott the film for its “facetious” portrayal of Singh

The movie has been dubbed by Congress because the BJP’s propaganda in opposition to the opposition get together

BJP nationwide secretary RP Singh defended the movie, “The Unintentional Prime Minister”, on Sunday, claiming that former prime minister Manmohan Singh by no means took a stand for Sikhs and saved “silent” when the Congress scuttled the method of justice for the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, after a Sikh physique requested the neighborhood to boycott the film for its “facetious” portrayal of Singh.

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee had objected to Singh’s facetious portrayal within the movie Saturday with its common secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa saying the previous prime minister had made the Sikh neighborhood and India proud throughout his 10-year tenure on the highest submit and the film “spoils” his picture.

“For individuals who say the Unintentional PM demeans Manmohan Singh ji as a Sikh, ought to inform when did he ever take a stand for Sikhs. As a PM he stayed silent when the Congress scuttled the method of justice for @SikhGenocide84. He was additionally silent when MP tickets got to Sajjan and Tytler,” R P Singh wrote on Twitter.

The movie, based mostly on a e-book of the identical identify written by Sanjaya Baru, has been dubbed by the Congress as part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s (BJP) propaganda in opposition to the opposition get together, whereas numerous leaders of the saffron get together have promoted it on Twitter.

Baru was Manmohan Singh’s media adviser when the latter was the prime minister.